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BYD

Fang Cheng Bao family.
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Wanted for Australia! New BYD super-brand Leopard shows off 4×4 and supercar concepts

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 John Mahoney 27685 Views Bao 3, Bao 5, Bao 8, Bao 9, BYD, Denza, Leopard Fang Cheng Bao, Yangwang

A family of brutal 4x4s including a Toyota LandCruiser rival along with a radical supercar have been added to Chinese

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2024 Chery Omoda E5.
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Target BYD Atto 3! China’s Chery Omoda E5 wants a big slice of the affordable electric SUV action

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024 Toby Hagon 11641 Views 3, Atto, BYD, Chery, E5, ev, Omoda, SUV

Give the BYD Atto 3 something to think about! That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its

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2024 MG ZS EV LOng Range.
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MG ZS EV Long Range Review: $10,000 worth of reasons this compact electric SUV should be back on your shopping list

April 14, 2024April 12, 2024 Bruce Newton 11710 Views 3, BYD, electric, ev, Hyundai, kona, Long Range, mg, ZS

Money talks and when it comes to the 2024 MG ZS EV Long Range electric compact SUV, it talks very

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Electrified utes get serious in Australia! China’s GWM launches Cannon Alpha with top towing and torque numbers

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024 Bruce Newton 12440 Views Alpha, BYD, Cannon, ford, GWM, HiLux, hybrid, ranger, Toyota

Australia finally gets a petrol-electric hybrid 4×4 dual-cab ute mid-year when the GWM Cannon Alpha launches. The Chinese plugless series/parallel

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BYD Ute in official spy shots.
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Beware Toyota HiLux, look out Ford Ranger! BYD reveals plug-in ute headed for Aussie sale soon

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 John Mahoney 17569 Views BYD, ford, HiLux, ranger, Toyota, ute

Chinese car-making giant BYD has released its first official pictures of the all-new mid-size ute that will challenge the best-selling

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GWM Ora
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Now that’s a price cut! GWM Ora smashes MG4, BYD Dolphin and threatens entry-level ICE with $35K drive-away pricing

April 4, 2024April 22, 2024 Bruce Newton 15850 Views BYD, Dolphin, GWM, MG4, Ora

The electric car pricing war is well and truly underway! The GWM Ora is now clearly the cheapest and most

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MG4 Excite 51.
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Price shock! MG declares war on BYD and GWM Ora with permanent MG4 and ZS EV discounts up to $10,000

March 21, 2024April 25, 2024 Bruce Newton 4207 Views BYD, Dolphin, mg, MG4, Ora, ZS

The Australian electric car price battle has been supercharged by dramatic permanent MG discounts for the MG4 compact hatch and

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2024 Leapmotor C10.
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Here comes another one! China’s Leapmotor plans Aussie attack with BYD-busting prices

March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Bruce Newton 5354 Views BYD, C10, Leapmotor

Target BYD! That’s the goal of little known Chinese electric car specialist Leapmotor, which could launch in Australia as soon

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2025 Renault 5.
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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

March 5, 2024March 22, 2024 John Mahoney 4783 Views 5, BYD, Cooper, Dolphin, e-tech, electric, Mini, renault

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at

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2024 Dacia Spring.
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Spring has Sprung! Super-cheap Dacia Spring electric SUV is going right-hand drive, but will it come to Australia as a Renault?

February 28, 2024February 27, 2024 John Mahoney 3375 Views bigster, BYD, Dacia, Dolphin, Duster, Spring

Europe’s most affordable EV the 2024 Dacia Spring SUV is now available in right-hand drive, which means there’s a chance

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

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EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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